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Scott & Bailey

Series 1-Episode 1

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Review

by Alison Graham

Three series and a clutch of award nominations later, this is where we first met detectives Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey back in 2011. Sally Wainwright’s police drama made sure that the central characters’ romantic lives were never too far away. Thus we watch as Rachel (Suranne Jones) sits aghast in a restaurant as her love-rat barrister boyfriend (Rupert Graves) dumps her as Duffy warbles Warwick Avenue in the background. Jones and Sharp make a good team, though this opener employs too many chalk-and-cheese cop clichés as the women investigate a young woman’s apparent suicide.

Summary

Crime drama following the personal and professional lives of two detectives working for a Manchester police unit that specialises in murder cases. DC Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp) and DC Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones) investigate the case of a pregnant woman who was killed in her bedroom. Meanwhile, Rachel's love life takes a turn for the worse and Janet gets a call that reawakens a past tragedy. Also starring Rupert Graves, Amelia Bullmore and Nicholas Gleaves.